It’s always wonderful to have the chance to talk about financial independence for women through growing and building a business More businesses are created by women today than by men. Many women have stepped out of their corporate roles to start a business or choosing to start a business instead of going back to a […]
READ MORERight now … we can not see the whole staircase!
How are things going with you? If you are reading this now, I truly thank you! I know what it’s like to have a lot of people shouting at me and telling me “what I have to do right now to beat C-19” How have you spent your previous weeks? For me, I’ve spent most […]
READ MORELessons learned in the online fitness journey during Covid-19
The move from in studio experience to online for Pilates, yoga, fitness and PT small businesses across Australia At this point in time every business across the globe has been affected by C-19. For the past few weeks, I’ve been helping business owners move their existing face to face, in-studio Pilates, yoga, fitness and PT […]
READ MOREIn the winds of change we find our true direction
You’ve been forced to close your Pilates Studio due to covid 19. Your most valuable asset right now are your clients. How do you best take care of them? There is so much fear right now because nothing like this has ever happened before. Fear of losing that beautiful studio that you have worked so […]
READ MOREHow would you spend $100 to market your business?
How would you spend $100 to market your business? Late last year I was invited to be on a panel event with MindBody here in Sydney and one of the other panelists was Richard Toutounji from ComMarketing. He was asked a question something like this “There are SO many platforms to spend money on marketing, […]
READ MORE‘If I knew this, I wouldn’t always be broke’ – Financial management is VERY important
“Is it really that simple?“ asked Caroline We were working through her financials and figuring out just how much her business was really making and calculating how much money she needed to make in order to pay her expenses and pay herself. “If I knew this, I wouldn’t feel so broke all the time” Every day when I […]
READ MOREGoose bumps and Goal setting
When was the last time every hair on your arms stood up? … full on goose bumps!? I recently interviewed Chris Spurvey for my podcast. A really lovely man who lives in the most eastern point in Canada and in fact is closer to Ireland than most fo the rest of Canada. He loves to […]
READ MOREThe importance of resilience and ‘grit’
Recently we looked at FOBO: Fear of Better Options and the way FOBO is holding some of us back from making decisions – in business and personally. If you didn’t have the chance to read it click here A few people emailed me to let me know they tried out the 2 minute timer technique […]
READ MOREDecisions decisions! Do you suffer decision paralysis?
I have a huge confession to make – there are some occasions when I am so indecisive that I almost get nothing done! Decision paralysis! “No way!” I hear you say. “That cannot be true. Ingrid – not YOU!!” Admittedly it happens to me very rarely – thank goodness! I’m a great one for taking whatever […]
READ MOREHow many cup cakes does it take to pay the rent?
So many clients ask me about leases and the pros and cons of signing a commercial lease. Of course it applies to pretty much any cost/ expense in the business – what does it take to pay for it? There’s a lot of talk about “greedy landlords” and maybe it’s true. Rent certainly is a […]
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